I am seeing multiple files of the same thing

Hello, I am seeing multiple files of the same thing saved on my laptop. What is causing this? I go to "save" to save a document when I want to update it, and I go to "save as" and rename it if I want to save the original. However, I am going in to open items and I am just seeing the same file names over and over. Is this due to an auto back up of some sort?
